AIDS: intensive care utilization and outcome.
A significant portion of health resource dollars are spent providing intensive care. We examined the immediate outcome of the utilization of medical intensive care for the patient with complications of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) at the teaching hospital of the University of Louisville. Our experience indicates that utilization of critical care services for the AIDS patient may favorably alter immediate morbidity and mortality.
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Division of Respiratory and Environmental Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Kentucky 40292.
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D003422:Critical Care / Q000592:standards*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007629:Kentucky; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014600:Utilization Review